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September 7, 2019November 24, 2025 Tim Worthington

Sweet Georgie Fame

Paul, Basil and Rosalie from The Magic Roundabout.
August 31, 2019April 22, 2025 Tim Worthington

The Characters That Time Forgot

August 27, 2019July 20, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Jim Sangster – A Horrible Bee-In-A-Jar Type Noise

August 23, 2019May 29, 2025 Tim Worthington

This Is Television Freedom

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The Original Peter

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A Funny Old Game

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Looks Unfamiliar: Paul Abbott – So I Started Writing Stories About Gobots Instead

August 7, 2019June 17, 2025 Tim Worthington

Pining For The Punk Fjords

August 5, 2019December 8, 2025 Tim Worthington

Time Will Crawl

July 31, 2019May 28, 2026 Tim Worthington

This, He Thought, Is How The Clouds Must Feel

July 29, 2019April 9, 2026 Tim Worthington

Looks Unfamiliar: Melanie Williams – She Was Just Completely Expunged From The Girl-Verse

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The Golden Age Of Children's TV

The Golden Age Of Children's TV by Tim Worthington

The story of children's television from Play School and Pipkins to Pob's Programme and Press Gang and everything in between - get it in all good bookshops and from Waterstones here, Amazon here or from the Kindle Store here. Find out more about what you can find in it here.

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Through The Square Window: Chigley, Capaldi And Carnival Of Light
Through The Square Window: Chigley, Capaldi And Carnival Of Light
Go To The Archives. Go Directly To The Archives. Do not pass The Beatles. Do not collect Doctor Who, Looks Unfamiliar or a load of ropey TV tie-in board games.

The Marvel And DC Of Ice Cream Part Two: You Can’t Help Falling For A Wall’s
The Marvel And DC Of Ice Cream Part Two: You Can’t Help Falling For A Wall’s
Wall's or Lyon's Maid? The battle for the newsagent's freezer continues...

Ah, Would That It Were…
Ah, Would That It Were…
Either side of the children's television schedules, there were programmes that weren't meant for you, but also sort of were...

Latest Podcasts

Looks Unfamiliar’s New Season – Bob Fischer And Georgy Jamieson – The Kraken’s Big Night In
Looks Unfamiliar’s New Season – Bob Fischer And Georgy Jamieson – The Kraken’s Big Night In
Bob and Georgy are back for a chat about the NEW SEASON and all the exciting shows coming to your TV this autumn. But where is The Kraken??

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Brand New Day With Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Brand New Day With Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
Gabby joins me for a chat about Yelena Belova demonstrating why she should never be counted on to keep an eye on a grocery store in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Looks Unfamiliar: Martin Fitzgerald – Robert De Niro And Al Pacino Are Famously Not In Cool Runnings
Looks Unfamiliar: Martin Fitzgerald – Robert De Niro And Al Pacino Are Famously Not In Cool Runnings
Martin joins me for a chat about Dallas, The Rock'n'Roll Years, Shoot's 'Focus On', Jackpot comic and more.

Doctor Who 70-79

Doctor Who 70-79

Includes a chapter by me on Doctor Who's unexpected moment of mass popularity over the summer of 1979. Find out more here.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Countdown To Avengers: Doomsday

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Countdown To Avengers: Doomsday
Looking for a quicker - and only moderately more sarcastic - way of getting caught up on Marvel's watch list ahead of Avengers: Doomsday? You'll find one here.

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter – Original Soundtrack Selections

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter – Original Soundtrack Selections

Laurie Johnson's great lost soundtrack for Hammer's original Vampire Slayer - available at last! Includes sleevenotes from me on the background to the Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter score. Find out more here.

So Disappointed: Whatever Happened To The Future?

So Disappointed: Whatever Happened To The Future?
I join Paul Whitelaw and Wendy Jordan for a look at why The BBC's science magazine show Tomorrow's World never quite delivered on what it promised, but not in the way we might have expected - listen to it here.

RHLSTP Book Club: The Golden Age Of Children's TV

RHSLTP Book Club: The Golden Age Of Children's TV
A chat with Richard Herring about The Golden Age Of Children's TV and thoughts on some of our favourite and indeed least favourite children's television shows - listen to it here.

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Looks Unfamiliar: Juliet Brando - An Adorable Serial Killer
Through The Square Window: Chigley, Capaldi And Carnival Of Light
Looks Unfamiliar: Darrell Maclaine - The Russ Abbot's Madhouse Cosplay Kit
Looks Unfamiliar's New Season: Bob Fischer And Georgy Jamieson - The Kraken's Big Night In
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It's Good, Except It Sucks: Thunderbolts* With David Smith
The Golden Age Of Children's TV
It's Still A Police Box, Why Hasn't It Changed? Part Twenty - Then Maybe If You're Willing Girl, He's Gonna Ask For Moreton Harwood
It's Good, Except It Sucks: Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Part Three) With David Smith

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